move to Hawthorn took centre stage today but it was little more than speculation on a quiet day.

With just three days left in the Trade Period, there was just one deal done on the day — Sam Lloyd’s move from the Richmond Tigers to the Western Bulldogs.

What there has been is plenty of posturing between clubs in the lead up to what will be a massive final day of the trade period on Wednesday.

There was little movement, in the public eye at least, over the weekend with Tom Langdon’s decision to stick with Collingwood the only major development.

But trade activity will likely kick up several gears after two days of back room talks involving clubs and player managers ahead of Wednesday’s 8.30pm (AEDT) deadline.

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Hogan too pricey for Dockers

Jesse Hogan’s management asked for a $8 million eight-year deal for the Demons star to head west, a period that was a bit too rich and saw Fremantle reportedly bow out of the race.

Foxfooty.com.au understands it wasn’t the money, more the length of the proposal put forward by Hogan’s management Stride Sports.

Fremantle were more in the three or four year deal but eight was considered too long for the 23-year-old.

Hogan is on about $900,000 at the Demons next year but the Dockers were put off when Melbourne asked for two first round selections as well.

Hogan was reportedly only relatively keen to become a Fremantle player.

Jesse Hogan was a star for the Melbourne Demons in 2018 with 47 goals from 20 games.Source:AAP

On Friday, Fremantle pulled out of the hunt for Demons star Jesse Hogan with Dockers football boss Peter Bell saying Melbourne were asking for too much.

“We have been undertaking a due diligence process as part of a possible trade to secure Jesse Hogan,” Bell said.

“As part of that process, we have had discussions with Jesse, the player’s management and Melbourne.

“While discussions were proceeding it became clear that what Melbourne would be seeking for a trade would not be possible for our club to meet.

“As such, we have informed Melbourne and Jesse’s management that we will not be continuing further with the due diligence process.”

The Demons are looking for a top 10 draft pick in return for Hogan but Fremantle’s earliest pick is no. 11, after trading its no. 6 pick to Port Adelaide in return for picks 11, 23, 30 and 49 earlier in the week.

Melbourne also responded to the withdrawal.

“At the end of the season, Jesse expressed his interest to explore other opportunities, and to return to Perth and play for Fremantle. We believe our offer was reasonable given Jesse’s record as a 71-game player,” General Manager of football operations Josh Mahoney told Melbourne Media.

Hogan kicked 47 goals in 20 games, before a foot injury ruled him out late in the season.

However, the Lions are holding out on the trade and are still able to hold Beams to his contract through to the end of the 2020 season.

Beams is yet to officially request a trade to the Magpies, but manager Paul Connors admitted on Monday that the two clubs are in negotiations.

“He’s just saying he’s more than happy to fulfil his contract, if a deal doesn’t get done he’ll stay there,” Connors said at the PwC Connors Sport Breakfast.

“Everyone’s a bit obsessed with whether he’s going to demand for a trade home and I don’t think he has to, but behind the scenes I think there’s some really mature conversations happening and it would have to be very much weighted in the Lions favour for anything to be done.

“So let’s just wait and see, Dayne would be open to it, but he’s very much open to staying.”

There are reports that Brisbane also wants Collingwood’s first round pick in 2019 and could be willing to entertain a future picks swap.

Pies bold first Beams offer tells me deal reasonably close. Pies first, and future first, in exchange for a Brisbane future second, would probably appease the lions and get it done @7AFL@7NewsMelbourne@triplemfooty

Port Adelaide has seemingly cautioned Gold Coast against drafting top five South Australian prospects Jack Lukosius and Izak Rankine.

Power list manager Jason Cripps said the club would likely attempt to poach the highly-rated pair should the Suns select them with pick two and three in the upcoming draft.

“If Lukosius and Rankine end up going to Gold Coast ... we’re probably pretty happy to try to get them back in a few years’ time,” Cripps told AFL Trade Radio on Monday.

“It’s interesting because then it just becomes a two-horse race between us and the (Adelaide) Crows, as opposed to a Victorian kid that wants to come back home whose potentially got 10 options.

“That’s part of the discussion and strategy, but right at the minute we’re really comfortable with pick six.”

The apparent caution comes as Gold Coast faces another retention crisis with the loss of Tom Lynch (Richmond), Gary Ablett (Geelong), Jaeger O’Meara (Hawthorn) and Dion Prestia (Richmond) over the past three trade windows. Lynch’s fellow co-captain Steven May could also depart the club this off-season after being linked with a move to Melbourne or Collingwood.

Given the likelihood neither Lukosius or Rankine will fall to pick six, Cripps said the Power would have no concern picking from Victorian Metro trio Max King, Bailey Smith and Ben King.

“We’re happy with any of the Victorian boys. We’re going to back ourselves in,” he said.

“It’s quite interesting at the moment because we’ve traditionally been really strong with retention, especially with Victorian guys.

“We’ve actually got a little bit of a challenge at the moment. We’re losing some South Australians in Jared Polec and Chad Wingard, which is a little bit unique.”

Essendon great Tim Watson says the AFL world is in “meltdown” over reports Hawthorn are poised to steal Giants star Tom Scully for a third-round draft pick.

GWS is reportedly in discussions with Hawthorn around a trade for Hawthorn’s No. 53 overall draft pick in exchange for letting 27-year-old Scully walk to the Hawks.

The Giants are still yet to solve their salary cap crunch issues and Scully’s potential move to Hawthorn has been described in reports as a “salary cap dump”.

Watson says the deal has sparked concern throughout the footy world about the bargain price Hawthorn is set to pay to snatch the former No. 1 draft pick.

“This has sent everybody into meltdown right throughout the football world, thinking they can get Tom Scully for a pick around that mark,” Watson told SEN Breakfast.

Melbourne legend Garry Lyon said: “Do you also sit there and go, ‘Hang on, if they’re just off-loading this guy for a pick in the fifties, do you start to wonder?’”

One of the key reasons why Tom Scully is going to Hawthorn cheaply is because of the extent of his ankle injury he sustained earlier in the year. So there is an element of risk taking him on considering the ankle and his salary. But a risk probably worth taking.

POWER star Chad Wingard’s fractured relationship with Port Adelaide has turned “toxic” — according to a report.

The Herald Sun’s Sam Edmund told SEN Breakfast on Monday morning Port Adelaide will be forced to trade Wingard this trade period because a working relationship between the two parties for next year is no longer tenable.

Wingard remains contracted to Port Adelaide for the 2019 season, but would be available for free agency next year.

“Chad Wingard, this is another ‘it will happen’ job,” Edmund said.

“Chad Wingard will get there, the Power want two first rounders but it’s become toxic with Chad.

“He is not going to go back to Port Adelaide and he is going to get to Hawthorn.”

It comes as Port Adelaide list manager Jason Cripps declared Hawthorn offered up Ryan Burton as trade bait as part of a packaged offer in exchange for Wingard.

The Dockers made the shock move of breaking off talks with Melbourne over a deal for Jesse Hogan on Friday.

But if they relent and land Brisbane’s No. 5 pick to release Neale those talks could quickly resume.

If the Lions have Neale safely in their keeping, they might be more inclined to allow Dayne Beams to return to Collingwood.

The Pies had a win on Saturday when Tom Langdon’s future became clearer. The 24-year-old is set to reject significant interest from rival AFL clubs to sign a contract extension with the Magpies.

The intercept-marking specialist starred in Collingwood’s recent finals run that ended in a grand final defeat to West Coast.

But Fremantle, where Langdon’s brother Ed has played 46 games in four seasons, and Sydney tabled strong offers after the Magpies were slow to re-sign him.

Langdon is holidaying with family in Africa but it is understood he informed the Swans via his manager on Saturday he would remain with Collingwood, where he has played 80 games since debuting in round one of the 2014 season.

He is set to be joined in the Pies’ back half by Western Bulldogs tall Jordan Roughead. The restricted free agent had met with West Coast before they traded for St Kilda’s Tom Hickey.

The free agency period closed on Friday afternoon, which means the Pies will need to work a trade for the versatile Roughead, who is on the outer at Whitten Oval.

Other key deals that remain unfinalised include Dylan Shiel’s move from GWS to Essendon, Chad Wingard’s trade from Port Adelaide to Hawthorn and Rory Lobb’s move from the Giants to the Dockers.

Gold Coast co-captain Steven May (Melbourne or Collingwood) and GWS star Tom Scully (Hawthorn) could also be on the move.